LIGHTNING (26-13-3) at FLYERS (22-12-8)
7 p.m. ET; The Spot, NBCSP
Lightning projected lineup
Gage Goncalves — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Jake Guentzel
Zemgus Girgensons — Yanni Gourde — Pontus Holmberg
Nick Paul — Dominic James — Oliver Bjorkstrand
J.J. Moser — Darren Raddysh
Charle-Edouard D’Astous — Erik Cernak
Declan Carlile — Max Crozier
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Curtis Douglas, Jack Finley, Simon Lundmark
Injured: Ryan McDonagh (lower body), Victor Hedman (elbow), Emil Lilleberg (undisclosed), Scott Sabourin (undisclosed)
Flyers projected lineup
Matvei Michkov — Christian Dvorak — Trevor Zegras
Denver Barkey — Sean Couturier — Owen Tippett
Nikita Grebenkin — Noah Cates — Carl Grundstrom
Nicolas Deslauriers — Rodrigo Abols — Garnet Hathaway
Cam York — Travis Sanheim
Emil Andrae — Noah Juulsen
Nick Seeler — Rasmus Ristolainen
Samuel Ersson
Dan Vladar
Scratched: Adam Ginning
Injured: Tyson Foerster (upper body), Bobby Brink (upper body), Jamie Drysdale (upper body), Travis Konecny (upper body)
Status report
The Lightning held an optional morning skate Saturday. … Konecny is day to day and will not play after missing the third period of a 2-1 overtime loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. … Brink took part in the Flyers’ morning skate but the forward is expected to miss his second straight game. … Drysdale was on the ice for the morning skate but the defenseman will not play after being placed on injured reserve Friday. … Ginning, a defenseman, was recalled from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League on Friday but is not expected to play.
